I love the mono/chromatic colors I choose for this Christmas card. I used red, green, white, and some gold on this card. I also used some Diamond & Red Stickles, Glossy Accent and 4mm Clear Droplets to sparkle and shimmer my "Snow Family"

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Saturday, November 28, 2015

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Happy Saturday Friends! If Black Friday has you in the mood to do some more shopping, be sure to head on over to the High Hopes Stamps Website to grab some fantastic deals this weekend. The sale continues thru til Cyber Monday! Enjoy!!!Lisa

This is Wasn't Me! (TT013) and Sm. Christmas Script Sentiment (F051). Such a fun and adorable image!!! Somehow, I could actually see this happening...lol!

I started by colouring the image with Tombow Markers and water. After the image was all coloured and dry, I applied some Glossy Accents to the ornaments, mouse, kitty's hair bow, and tree stand.

The image was trimmed down to size and some grey ink was sponged on the edges. The pattern paper is from Simple Stories-December Documented 6x6 Paper Pad, along with some grey and white cardstock. A piece of SU white glittery ribbon was glued across the middle of the card to separate the different patterned papers. The sentiment was embossed with silver embossing powder, then die cut using a banner die from Taylored Expressions. Foam tape was applied to raise the main image, to add a bit of dimension. To complete this card, a few YNS Gumdrops-White Sugar were added to the bottom right corner.

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Friday, November 27, 2015

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For all you Black Friday/Cyber Monday Shoppers, be sure to stop by the High Hopes Stamps Website to find some awesome deals this weekend. Happy Shopping!!!Jane

This is Happy Mail (SS002), along with the sentiment called Holly Jolly (K048). Who doesn't love to receive happy mail?!?!?!? and especially at this time of year....

I started by colouring the image with Tombow Markers and water. After the image was all coloured and dry, I added some Glossy Accents to Hedgy's nose. Xmas Red Stickles was used for the holly berries and Frosted Lace Stickles were applied to resemble snow on the top of the mailbox and ground covering.

The image was die cut using a Stitched Rectangle die. The pattern paper is from Echo Park-Home for the Holidays 6x6 Paper Pad, along with some SU Chocolate Chip and White cardstock. For the bow tie on Hedgy, I used a mini gingerbread man die from YNS, that included a bow tie. The real reason hedgy has a bow tie on, is due to the fact that while I was colouring his tummy I had a little too much water on my brush and ended up paper piecing another tummy on him. There was a slight line in between his head and body, that I wanted to cover either with a scarf or a bow tie. When I found the bow tie was going to work, my dilemma was resolved. I am always looking for creative ways to fix small boo boos like this, as some days things happen that we wish didn't! LOL!

For the sentiment, I was hoping to create something that looked like a postage stamp. I remembered I had a SU postage punch, that I don't think I've ever used, so I dug that up. In order to layer the sentiment, I needed to punch out 4 postage punches and offset them, using Chocolate Chip cardstock to create a bigger postage stamp. Foam tape was used under the sentiment to add some dimension. To complete this card, a few clear rhinestones were added above the image and to the lower right side.

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Wow! I can't believe it's the last Thursday in November already! Yikes! Where did the time go?!

My post today features an older High Hopes stamp called Santa's Sleigh Ride (found here). How cute is this reindeer and Santa sitting with his feet up! He must be taking a break before his big day!

My original layout and ideas for this card didn't work out the way I pictured it in my head - have you ever had that happen?) so I ended up fussy cutting the image (leaving a bit of a white border) after colouring with alcohol markers.

The "snow" was made by tearing some white pieces of cardstock and adding Stickles to the edges. I created my sentiment on my computer and printed it off on a label die that I cut in half. An icicle border, red gumdrops and glitter on Santa's coat and hat finish off my card. Did you see the red glitter gumdrop on the reindeer's nose? The sentiment was created on my computer.

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Hi there, thanks so much for stopping my today. Christmas is just around the corner and I've started to think about the tree and taking the ornaments out from the basement. It's always tons of work to get everything decorated for the holidays but well worth it in the end.

I usually get together with a few friends every year and we each make a Christmas project and teach each other how create our project. It's always a fun time and I was thinking why not try and make an ornament!

So here it is!!! I found a clear plastic ornament at my local dollar store. It was filled with tinsel which I removed and added my own assortment of sequences, gems mini ornaments and other odds and ends too! Everything is hot glued inside the ornament and basically I dropped hot glue from the top of the opening and used a pencil to press all the parts and pieces into the glue. The image was rolled up and dropped into the ornament onto a bed of hot glue. It was a little tricky but just played around with it until I liked the look.

I
colored with my Copics (colors below) Then found some papers from
Authentique Cozy Collection. Love the winter sweater feel of the papers.
I sewed down all the layers with a zig zag stitch and used red and
kraft card stock for the base. Love the Winter Wonderland sentiment. I added three red buttons for embellishement.

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Hopes is excited to introduce a new way to buy stamps. Today we are
introducing our NEW Club Packs. Our Club Packs are available at 30% off our
regular retail price. Each Club Pack is available in an unmounted or
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for a limited time. Each Club Pack contain 2 images & 2
sentiments!!!

I am using paper from the Lawn Fawn Snowday 6x6 paper collection. It's my favourite from last year and my stash is almost gone. I used MFT Stitched Snowdrift die and Memory Boxe's Frostyville Border die for my embellishments. The little MFT Stitched Tag has the HH sentiment called "Dot Warm Winter Wishes". I took the chisel nib of my BG34 Copic Marker to outline the edges of the snowbanks.

High Hopes is excited to introduce a new way to buy stamps. Today we are introducing our NEW Club Packs. Our Club Packs are available at 30% off our regular retail price. Each Club Pack is available in an unmounted or cling foam version. Each Club Pack will be sold in limited quantities for a limited time. Each Club Pack contain 2 images & 2 sentiments!!!

Saturday, November 21, 2015

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This is Skiing Snowman (TT015). Such an adorable image and easy to colour too!!!

I started by colouring the image with Tombow Markers and water. After the image was all coloured and dry, I applied some Diamond Stickles to the fur and cuffs of the Snowman's coat.

The image was cut down to size and some brown ink was sponged on the edges. The pattern paper is from Bo Bunny-Sleigh Ride 6x6 Paper Pad, along with some kraft and white cardstock. Foam tape was applied to raise the main image, to add a bit of dimension. To complete this card, a few copper coloured pearls were added to the top and bottom of the main image, and twine was tied in a nice bow along the side.

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Friday, November 20, 2015

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With Christmas less than 6 weeks away, it's time to get those cards done!!! I hope this card may inspire you...Jane

This is Penguin On Ice (TT010)....what a super cute image!!! The possibilities using this image are endless.

I started by colouring the image with Tombow Markers and water. After the image was all coloured and dry, I added some Glossy Accents to the Penguin's beak and feet. Diamond Stickles were applied to the pompom and the fur on the hat. Xmas Red Stickles was used for the holly berries.

The image was die cut using a Stitched Square die. The same die was used for offsetting the red layer behind the image. The pattern paper is from Doodlebug-Sugarplums 6x6 Paper Pad, along with some SU Green, Red, and White cardstock. For the holly embellishment in the top left corn of the main image, I used a Creative Expressions die called Festive Collection. These holly dies are just gorgeous, with a very detailed look to them. Some Zig-Wink of Stella Glitter Green pen was applied over the green cardstock that was used to die cut the holly leaves. Foam tape was used under the main image to add some dimension. To complete this card, a few YNS Glitter Sparkle Gumdrops were added below the ribbon sentiment.

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It's Thursday already and my turn to post some inspiration for you. I made two cards and I'm not sure which one I like better......so I thought I would share both!Before I get in to my card details Our November Challenge is Christmas/Winter. Come and play along for your chance to win a High Hopes stamp - we can't wait to see your creations.Now for the card details. Both of my cards feature Polar Hug from the Joys of the Seasons New Release.

For my first card is coloured my image with alcohol markers. I stamped the top part only of the Winter Wonderland Background set and added some Shabby Blue Frantage. I stamped some mountains in blue so they looked like some icebergs in the background. The sentiment was partially done on my computer and finished off with the Winter Wonderland sentiment stamp. I added some glitter to the penguin's hat, some navy polka dot ribbon and finished it off with a couple blue brads.My second card is coloured with alcohol markers and cut out using a Spellbinders circle. I added some stitches with a circle stitch die. I threaded some twine through my ribbon slot border and added my snowflake clothes pin.Glitter on the penguins hat and some gumdrops help finish this card off.

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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Such
a fun image to color! I colored with my Copics (colors below) Now this
is a really large image and I thought it needed an easel card to show
it off the most possible. So I found some fall papers from Graphic 45
and created an easel card with some kraft card stock and pretty fall
papers. I sewed down all the layers and then added some Martha Stewart
border punches. A little wood fence and grass.